Fender.



G. H. WOLGOTT, C. 0. GOODWYNE, JR. 6; E..N. GOODWYNE.

FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 6, 190B.A

Patented Dec. 6,1910.

entran sierras rarnnr ernten.

CHARLES H. WOLCOTT, CHARLES O. GOODWYNE, JR., AND EARLY N. GOODWYNE, OFFORSYTH, GEORGIA.

FENDER.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. W'oL- Co'r'r, CHARLES O. Goonwvnn, J r.,and EARLY N. GoonwYN-n, citizens of the United States, residing atForsyth, in the county of Monroe, State of Georgia, have invented a newand useful Fender, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to fenders especially adapted to be used inconjunction with open fireplaces and grates and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown anddescribed.

The object of the invention is to provide a fender of simple structurein the form of a fireplace attachment which when in position andextended in frontof the iire-place will form an effectual barrier toprevent articles such as clothing and so forth from accidentally passingover or upon the flames of a re in the tire-place or grate.

The fender is in the form of a lazy-tongs structure and includes asupporting bar having means for attachment to the hood of the frame ofthe fire-place. Said supporting bar is provided with a series of slotsof peculiar disposition and conliguration which carry rivets formingpivots for the lazy-tongs bars constituting the bodyV portion of thefender and which co-act with the said rivets for automatically holdingthe lazy-tongs structure in elevated or collapsed condition. A bar isattached to the lower portion of the lazy-tongs structure and isprovided with inwardly disposed extremities adapted to bear against thesides of the ireplaee frame and serve as means for holding the lowerportion of the lazy tongs structure in proper position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a iireplace frame with the fender in extended position applied thereto. Fig. 2is a front elevation of a portion of the said frame with the fender incollapsed position thereon. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of thefender cut on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the barlocated at the lower portion of the fender.

The fender is designed to be `used as an attachment for a fire placeframe 1 having at its upper portion an outwardly disposed hood 2. Thebody portion of the fender is made up of a series of lazy-tongs leversor Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 6, 1909.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Serial No. 531,601.

bars riveted together at their points of intersection as shown andadapted to have relative pivotal movement as is usual in suchstructures.

A' supporting bar 4 is provided in the vicinity of each end with hookstraps 5 adapted to receive the lower edge portion of the hood 2 andwhich are provided with set screws 6. The bar 4 is provided at a pointintermediate its ends with a relatively short vertically disposedelongated slot 7 and at a portion between one end and the slot 7 with arelatively long horizontally disposed slotl 8. At the opposite side ofthe slot 7 the bar 4 is provided with a relatively long slot 9 which inturn is provided in its lower edge and in the vicinity of its outer endwith a notch 10. The shank of the rivet 11 forming a portion of thelazy-tongs structure passes through the slot 7, the shank of the rivet12 also forming a part of the said structure' passes through the slot 8and the shank of the rivet 13 passes through the slot 9.

A bar 14 is supported at the lower edge of the lazy-tongs structure bymeans of a rivet passing` through the said structure and the said bar ata point intermediateV its ends andby rivets 16 passing through the saidstructure and located in horizontally disposed elongated slots 17 at theend portions of the said bar 14. The extremities 1S of the bar 14 arelaterally disposed with relation to the said bar and are adapted to bearagainst the outer face of the sides of the tire- 'place frame 1 andserve as means for spacing the bar and the lazy-tongs structure from theback of the lire place or a grate located therein.

Thus it will be seen that when the fender is in extended position infront of the lireplace that it will etfectually ward the accidentaladmission of fabrics and the like over the back of the fire-place. Thenit is desired that the fender should be collapsed for the purpose ofattending to the tire in the same, the bar 14 is raised which in turnwill swing the lazy-tongs bars or levers 3 to the close order positionas shown in Fig. 2. As this is done the rivet-s 12 and 13 move towardtheouter ends of the slots 8 and 9 respectively and then by permittingthe rivet 13 to enter the notch 10 these parts will be held in collapsedposition. lVhen it is desired to extend the fender the bar 14 is movedin an upward direction so that the rivet 13 passes above the notch 10when thebar 14 may descend after the parts assume the position shown inFig. l of the drawing. By reason of the fact that the elongated slot Tisvertically disposed the rivet 13 inay readily enter the notch 10 and maybe readily removed from the saine. At those seasons of the year whenfire is not needed the fender inay be detached from the frame l byloosening the set screws 6 carried by the strap hooks 5.

Having described the invention, what-we claim as new and desire tosecure by. Letters Patent is A fender comprising a lazy-tongs structure,a supporting bar having at an intermediate point a vertically disposedslot receiving a rivet of the lazy-tongs structure, said bar having atthe opposite sides ofthe said vertical slot horizontally disposed slots,one'of which is provided inits lower' edge with a notch, the saidlazy-tongs struct-ure having rivets which lie in the said horizontalslots the rivet in the slot provided with the notch adapted to entersaid notch to hold the lazy tongs structure in collapsed condition.

In testimony thatwe claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. WOLCGTT. CHAS. O. GOODWYNE, JR. EARLY N. G OODWYNE.

Witnesses:

J. M. FLETCHER, J. M. McDowELL.

